CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Police in Virginia are looking for a man who vandalized a Chesterfield church last Tuesday night while wearing a hat that reportedly read “I [Heart] Jesus.” Surveillance footage shows the man entering Ironbridge Church just after 11:30 p.m. on Election Day after the location had been closed for polling, and upon finding a […]
TORONTO — An apostate minister with the United Church of Canada who identifies as an atheist will not be defrocked after an agreement was reached just before she was to be put on trial over her rejection of biblical orthodoxy. While the details of the settlement have not been made public, the United Church of […]
KINSHASA (Reuters) — The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe in the country’s history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said late Friday. The hemorrhagic fever is believed to have killed 198 people in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, where attacks by armed groups and […]
PARADISE, Calif. — A fast-moving wildfire raging in Northern California has destroyed the entire town of Paradise, killing nine people and being described as a vision of “Hell.” “Honestly, it looks like Armageddon,” Brian Rice, chairman of the California Fire Foundation, told NBC News. “There’s a part of me that wonders if this city will come […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Two lesbians who filed a complaint against a Christian baker after she declined to make a cake for a same-sex celebration wore hidden microphones to record the refusal, according to a press release from the baker’s attorneys. “The evidence shows that this was all a set-up to get money and to destroy […]
ZHANJIANG, Guangdong (China Aid) — Government personnel in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, closed a church in China’s southern Guangdong province on Oct. 24, notifying the landlord that the property should not be used for church activities. On that evening, the members of Renew Church said they had gathered to study the Bible when local officials broke in, ordering […]
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon residents voted by a significant margin on Tuesday to reject a ballot initiative that would have amended the state constitution to expressly prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to pay for the murder of the unborn. Measure 106 was struck down 64.5 percent to 35.6 percent on Election Day, despite having […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Dutch man who feels his age is holding him back in business and dating has launched a legal battle to be legally recognized as 20 years younger. Emile Ratelband, was born on March 11, 1949, but because he feels he is being discriminated against by potential employers and on dating […]
CHARLESTON, W.V. — Residents in West Virginia voted on Tuesday to approve a proposal that would add an amendment to the state Constitution declaring that there is no “right” to an abortion in the document. 51 percent of voters approved Amendment 1, also known as the “No Constitutional Right to Abortion” amendment, with 48 percent […]
BOSTON, Mass. — Massachusetts residents voted on Tuesday to retain a state law that allows those who identify as the opposite sex to use the restroom that aligns with their “gender identity.” 67.8 percent of voters approved Question 3, with approximately 2.6 million residents casting their ballot. The question revolves around a non-discrimination ordinance passed in […]